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first conversation in a week. president obama spoke about the fiscal negotiations to a group of corporate c.e.o. oomplet and see the president shaking their hands. president obama's remarks are coming up here on c-span. we wanted to let you know from secretary treasury geithner. if republicans don't agree to higher tax rates. in speaking to business executives today, the president said he thinks republicans might be willing to agree to higher tax rates on the wealthy. mr. obama is introduced by the c.e.o. of boeing. >> we at the business roundtable are grateful to both the electricity -- for the engagement we have had with you and members of your team. listen, i know your team has really reached out significantly over the last few months to many people in this room. and i know personally from my work in the last three years on the export council that the outreach to us is again you inand we know you are seeking solutions that was outlined very sincerely this morning when we met with jack and the rest of the team.
first conversation in a week. president obama spoke about the fiscal negotiations to a group of corporate c.e.o. oomplet and see the president shaking their hands. president obama's remarks are coming up here on c-span. we wanted to let you know from secretary treasury geithner. if republicans don't agree to higher tax rates. in speaking to business executives today, the president said he thinks republicans might be willing to agree to higher tax rates on the wealthy. mr. obama is introduced by...
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per week i might volunteer for the obama organization. what is the obama organization? >> we don't know. that's part of the discussion that we want to have. people have said since the election that the president talked about this on election night. it's going to take all of us, all of the people in the country. people spent five years and two elections. they are not going to walk away. they are going to help with the change they want to see. >> is it possible that an obama organization will remain in chicago as an entity? >> i think anything is possible. i think what's true is just from fcc law, the campaign needs to shut down. we cannot extent funds for not presidential activities. we have to figure out what we do next. that's the conversation we're having with our supporters now. >> there's an organization that could be called obama for america; right? >> it was during '09 and '10? >> attend could be separate from the dnc? >> it could. >> why not institutionalize it and make a candidate for the next race or nominee? >> some of it will l
per week i might volunteer for the obama organization. what is the obama organization? >> we don't know. that's part of the discussion that we want to have. people have said since the election that the president talked about this on election night. it's going to take all of us, all of the people in the country. people spent five years and two elections. they are not going to walk away. they are going to help with the change they want to see. >> is it possible that an obama...
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we put out a report last week from a survey on latinos. as he pointed out, latino catholics are strongly democratic. i think it was about 70% in our poll who favored obama over romney. latino catholics to set a have no religion, atheists and agnostics or those who described as nothing in particular, also firmly and obama's camp. more than 80% religiously affiliated latinos express support for obama. latino evangelicals also, if anything, it tended to lean in obama's direction overrun, but there were much more closely divided. i think about half of them said they would vote for if obama is the election were held today. the important religious divisions among latinos. >> i have a question that goes to all the panelists. predictions for which with the catholic vote will go in 2012? and in that regard, when the things that seems like a possibility, especially given the latest gallup numbers, is the overall vote might go to one candida of electoral candid it -- the electoral college vote micah to another candidate. could we be seeing a catholic
we put out a report last week from a survey on latinos. as he pointed out, latino catholics are strongly democratic. i think it was about 70% in our poll who favored obama over romney. latino catholics to set a have no religion, atheists and agnostics or those who described as nothing in particular, also firmly and obama's camp. more than 80% religiously affiliated latinos express support for obama. latino evangelicals also, if anything, it tended to lean in obama's direction overrun, but there...
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in the lead of the news, obama is down and he was tied a week ago. no, no he was not. he screwed up your sample. >> you mentioned cell phones. what else needs to change about the industry practice? >> what file are they using? are they doing random dial? are they using a list? are they doing a vote to file? are they doing something that has new registered voters? >> we registered a 1.8 million on the doors. most did not get those people because they did not by the new file. they did not know they were registered. the other thing, figuring out what to the alleged sort of looks like. as you know, who is going to vote was a difference between their models in our models. >> why were they wrong? >> you have to ask them. they did not think our coalition was going to vote. they thought it would look more like 2004. >> what gave you confidence? >> of voter registration, enthusiasm, we can see our people excited. they were giving money. that was important. and early voting. when we started to see the numbers come in, we ran a campaign on the ground to do this, we could see our
in the lead of the news, obama is down and he was tied a week ago. no, no he was not. he screwed up your sample. >> you mentioned cell phones. what else needs to change about the industry practice? >> what file are they using? are they doing random dial? are they using a list? are they doing a vote to file? are they doing something that has new registered voters? >> we registered a 1.8 million on the doors. most did not get those people because they did not by the new file....
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guest: i will be in boston in a few weeks, and i really love boston. i have to disagree with you a little bit. there is evidence that obama is working very hard in florida. they've spent a lot of time in florida, they've spent a fortune on campaign ads in florida, and i don't think they've given up on the notion of winning florida. that is a reason that florida is a swing state. there is also a tactical thing here. they cannot concede florida. i do believe that florida is still in play, don't get me wrong. but as a tactical thing, it would not be good for the president or, frankly, mitt romney, to be suddenly pulling out of the state. they would be hammered in the media. the last candidate to pull out of the state was bill clinton in 1992, in the final weeks, and always said that he regretted leaving, because he felt that he could win at the state. he obviously one of the presidency, but it hurt him in florida when he pulled out. the race remains very close in this state, although i agree that the edge right now seems to be for mitt romney. host: brian
guest: i will be in boston in a few weeks, and i really love boston. i have to disagree with you a little bit. there is evidence that obama is working very hard in florida. they've spent a lot of time in florida, they've spent a fortune on campaign ads in florida, and i don't think they've given up on the notion of winning florida. that is a reason that florida is a swing state. there is also a tactical thing here. they cannot concede florida. i do believe that florida is still in play, don't...
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this week, i offered congratulations to president obama -- along with an alternative to sending our economy over any part of the fiscal cliff. instead of raising tax rates on the american people and accepting the damage it will do to our economy, let's start to actually solve the problem. let's focus on tax reform that closes special interest loopholes and lowers tax rates. instead of accepting arbitrary cuts that will endanger our national defense, let's get serious about shoring up the entitlement programs that are the primary drivers of our country's massive, growing debt. 2013 should be the year to begin to solve our debt through tax reform and entitlement reform. together, we should avert the fiscal cliff in a manner that ensures that 2013 finally is that year. shoring up entitlements and reforming the tax code -- closing special interest loopholes and deductions, and moving to a fairer, cleaner, and simpler system -- will bring jobs home and result in a stronger, healthier economy. a stronger economy means more revenue -- which is exactly what the president is seeking. and without a s
this week, i offered congratulations to president obama -- along with an alternative to sending our economy over any part of the fiscal cliff. instead of raising tax rates on the american people and accepting the damage it will do to our economy, let's start to actually solve the problem. let's focus on tax reform that closes special interest loopholes and lowers tax rates. instead of accepting arbitrary cuts that will endanger our national defense, let's get serious about shoring up the...
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are there really voters that supported obama two weeks ago that are now planning to vote for romney? maybe there are. host: that question is being asked in the polls. who would you vote for? this is among likely voters. not much movement there. guest: right. there are many ways to measure voter intent. people in washington are looking at what is going on in the 12 or 6 or two or one battleground states and the numbers have moved in a lot of those states. host: could you put yourself in the mind of david axelrod? what advice would you give president obama? guest: i have three teenagers. do not over correct. they're learning to drive. my advice to them is what i would tell the president. don't over correct. you hit a soft shoulder. it might lead you to become too wildly aggressive in the second debate. thedvice is if you're president of the united states. there is a dignity attached to that office. do not squander it. host: we're talking with tucker carlson, editor in chief of the "daily caller." guest: i did not write that description. we have the majority on our material reported by
are there really voters that supported obama two weeks ago that are now planning to vote for romney? maybe there are. host: that question is being asked in the polls. who would you vote for? this is among likely voters. not much movement there. guest: right. there are many ways to measure voter intent. people in washington are looking at what is going on in the 12 or 6 or two or one battleground states and the numbers have moved in a lot of those states. host: could you put yourself in the mind...
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i think the opposite bb the case, one because we're two weeks away from the election. two we're suddenly tied in the polls and three the performance have been dramatic with obama sleeping through the first one and coming on strong in the second. so i think you can expect both candidates to swing for the fences to night and make a lasting impression that's going to turn the balance and lead them the last two weeks in the vote. host: the candidates positions, are we going to hear decincheses between their philosophy tonight? are the differences in tone or policy decisions? guest: that's a good question. that's hard to sy because romney has been a cipher in the campaign. he has avoided discussing specifics in his foreign policy and he's limited himself in criticizing obama. and that's not specific. it's that he should be stronger and tougher. when he talks about what he would do differently it is very minimal. you can look at syria romney said he would be turf but what he would do exactly? maybe give a few more high powered arms to the rebels. when people ask him what it
i think the opposite bb the case, one because we're two weeks away from the election. two we're suddenly tied in the polls and three the performance have been dramatic with obama sleeping through the first one and coming on strong in the second. so i think you can expect both candidates to swing for the fences to night and make a lasting impression that's going to turn the balance and lead them the last two weeks in the vote. host: the candidates positions, are we going to hear decincheses...
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obama administration give permission to the pentagon and other agencies to start publicly discussing and calculating exactly how many people, programs and services might have to be current. host: right wing on twitter -- "how much of the federal budget increased over the last 10 years?" guest: 10 years -- the budget is $3.5 billion now. i think it is one-third higher than it was that during the bush administration, but i would have to go back to the clinton era. i would have to look that up. host: from twitter, c-dog wants to know what percentage of welfare and snap make up the budget? 13% of safety net programs -- is sitting at programs. the virginia. michael. caller: first, i want to say hello to mr. clarke, you and everybody at "washington journal." i have a question. why can't congress and senate to pass a bill to make horse -- called the u.s. enterprise course, put it on the track, let it run, take the money, put it into a fund and make a united states lottery. host: i am not sure where you are going with that. surely. texas. republican caller. caller: everything that is wrong w
obama administration give permission to the pentagon and other agencies to start publicly discussing and calculating exactly how many people, programs and services might have to be current. host: right wing on twitter -- "how much of the federal budget increased over the last 10 years?" guest: 10 years -- the budget is $3.5 billion now. i think it is one-third higher than it was that during the bush administration, but i would have to go back to the clinton era. i would have to look...
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two weeks from today, he will become former president barack obama. mitt romney will be the next president of the united states. because we can do better than this. we do not have to settle for this. we do not have to settle for conduct a million americans trying to find work. we do not have to settle for 11.8% in nevada. we do not have to settle for all of these underwater mortgages. we do not have to settle for 15% of our fellow men and women living in poverty. it will take leadership. it will take a man with a plan, a proven job creator reaching across the aisle to find common ground and get results. it will take the kind of leader that we have, mitt romney. [applause] do you know what we saw last night? yet again another display of a man ready to be president. another display of someone with the demeanor, the temperament, with the skills to be a leader. what we saw last night was mitt romney being concerned about america's position in the world and president obama more concerned about his position in this race. the president has run out of ideas.
two weeks from today, he will become former president barack obama. mitt romney will be the next president of the united states. because we can do better than this. we do not have to settle for this. we do not have to settle for conduct a million americans trying to find work. we do not have to settle for 11.8% in nevada. we do not have to settle for all of these underwater mortgages. we do not have to settle for 15% of our fellow men and women living in poverty. it will take leadership. it...
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and help give us a victory next week. host: kathy sullivan is the democratic committeewoman. shares serves as the new hampshire democratic chairwoman from 1999-2007. when is the difference between them? guest: as democratic party chair i was the person who basically was elected to be in charge of the democratic party for the state of new hampshire. as national committeewoman i am not as active in the day to day activities, but instead represent the state party at the national level with the national committee under the great leadership under the congresswoman deborah what torrential. -- wasserman-schultz. -- deborah watzerman-schulz. caller: in new hampshire of the property taxes are very high compared to massachusetts for example. i know this is for the property owners and a constitutional amendment proposal to put this on the ballot banning any future imposition of state income tax or federal income tax -- sales tax by 80 in the governor of the legislature. i think it is a very bad idea. i think they should have ever wo
and help give us a victory next week. host: kathy sullivan is the democratic committeewoman. shares serves as the new hampshire democratic chairwoman from 1999-2007. when is the difference between them? guest: as democratic party chair i was the person who basically was elected to be in charge of the democratic party for the state of new hampshire. as national committeewoman i am not as active in the day to day activities, but instead represent the state party at the national level with the...
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asking people -- how many hours per week i might volunteer for the obama organization. what is it now? will there be something in chicago? >> we do not know. the thing people said to me since the election, and the president talked about this, it will take all of us. whether you voted for him or if you did not to come together and tackle the challenges of this country. people spent five years winning two elections together. they are not going to walk away and become the change they want to see. >> is it possible obama for america will remain in chicago? >> i think anything is possible. what is true, the campaign needs to shut down. we have to figure out what we do next. that is the conversation we are having. >> there is an organization that could continue to exist. >> it could, in theory. >> you have this amazing infrastructure, why not institutionalize it and make it a permanent organization ready for the candidates? for the next nominee? >> some of it will live on. the tools we build, all of those things, i hope every campaign uses. i hope it becomes important. the im
asking people -- how many hours per week i might volunteer for the obama organization. what is it now? will there be something in chicago? >> we do not know. the thing people said to me since the election, and the president talked about this, it will take all of us. whether you voted for him or if you did not to come together and tackle the challenges of this country. people spent five years winning two elections together. they are not going to walk away and become the change they want to...
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i'm wondering when obama was elected the first time, two weeks before his side, democrats said it was too bad but a lot of people overseas were not going to be able to get their votes in on time. have the corrected this? what i'm suggesting our government do is make sure that when a person joins the military or is a civilian overseas on the basis that they actually have it on the four-man tell where they will be voting from. every single base needs to have a temporary unit before elections were every single person is able to vote and get it in well in time. host: a question of the larger election system. guest: on a bipartisan basis, we are all in agreement there are improvements that could be made in terms of electoral access. my sense is that, for a lot of reasons, including public relations, both parties are eager and eager to be seen to be eager to encourage voting by the military. host: 1960, john kennedy, richard nixon. guest: there are people in our audience who will remember sitting up all night waiting. kennedy had won in the polls and nixon had clearly it closed the gap in t
i'm wondering when obama was elected the first time, two weeks before his side, democrats said it was too bad but a lot of people overseas were not going to be able to get their votes in on time. have the corrected this? what i'm suggesting our government do is make sure that when a person joins the military or is a civilian overseas on the basis that they actually have it on the four-man tell where they will be voting from. every single base needs to have a temporary unit before elections were...
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the following day, he held a -- president obama held a rally in denver and drew a crowd estimated at 16,000. the governor this week has reserved an amphitheater in the southern suburbs of has a capacity of 18,000 people. there were looking at going to boulder to hold a rally there. they're certainly trying to turn out a lot of voters with momentum. >> one week to go and following on -- host: of one week to go and looking at the momentum in colorado. the numbers are on your screen. with every special one from colorado residents. kathy from pueblo, colorado, an independent scholar. you're one of those unaffiliated voters that both campaigns really want. what are you thinking about in this presidential election? i caller:. the election has been bought by the democratic party, by all those trillions of dollars that obama has borrowed to give to the state of ohio. we cannot buy a coffee pot that is now bought in the united states. of the can talk about our autoworkers, teachers, and firefighters. there are a lot more people out there than that demographic. host: curtis hubbard? guest: it
the following day, he held a -- president obama held a rally in denver and drew a crowd estimated at 16,000. the governor this week has reserved an amphitheater in the southern suburbs of has a capacity of 18,000 people. there were looking at going to boulder to hold a rally there. they're certainly trying to turn out a lot of voters with momentum. >> one week to go and following on -- host: of one week to go and looking at the momentum in colorado. the numbers are on your screen. with...
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there was a two-week period when she was gone taking pot shots at obama to the point where an ed toirl said governor you should come home and do your job and she ignored it. i'm proud of my accomplishments in congress and i'll go into those later in this debate. >> congresswoman hirono e try to dismiss your terrible record how many times you did show up. but if an average worker tried to do that they'd get put on probation and if a student mised that many days they'd be held back for missing the material and not turning in their work. >> you've been quoted as refering to george w. bush as our greatest president and you defended the bush administration decision to go to war in iraq as well as his handling of hurkhurk dow still support that? >> it's not a statement i ever made certainly after 9/11 when president bush faced anta tack on our nation, i thought he did a great job of uniting the nation and developing a plan. he believed that iraq had weapons of mass destruction and so did our allies in europe. it was than basis that the united states congress voted for our country to go to yo
there was a two-week period when she was gone taking pot shots at obama to the point where an ed toirl said governor you should come home and do your job and she ignored it. i'm proud of my accomplishments in congress and i'll go into those later in this debate. >> congresswoman hirono e try to dismiss your terrible record how many times you did show up. but if an average worker tried to do that they'd get put on probation and if a student mised that many days they'd be held back for...
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with president obama. coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern with a house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. it about 10 minutes, we will go live to hear a speech by bono, about social movements. then your reaction to david petraeus' resignation. host: a good morning to you. over the resignation of the cia director, david petraeus, that is where we want to begin with you this morning. we want to hear your thoughts on the abrupt departure of america's top spy and when congress should have been informed of the probe on the cia director. law enforcement officials did not notify anyone outside the fbi or justice department until last week because the investigation was incomplete and there were initial concerns about possible security breaches. host: another story from "the washington post" this morning. the headline, "probe of the petraeus investigation." we want to take you to one of those lawmakers now, congressman peter king, he was on "state of the union" this week, expressing concerns over when the fbi, t
with president obama. coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern with a house on c-span and the senate on c-span2. it about 10 minutes, we will go live to hear a speech by bono, about social movements. then your reaction to david petraeus' resignation. host: a good morning to you. over the resignation of the cia director, david petraeus, that is where we want to begin with you this morning. we want to hear your thoughts on the abrupt departure of america's top spy and when congress should have been...
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. >> president obama held a campaign rally today in richmond va.. he spoke about the senate candidate richard murdock's comments. >> i think we have seen again this week, i don't think any male politician should be making health-care decisions for women. think your boss or your insurance company should be making those decisions for you either. i believe that women are capable and should make their own health care decisions for themselves. that is why the health care law we passed but the choices in your hands, where they belong. that is where they will stay of i am president of the united states of america. >> today in richmond, just over an hour from now. a prayer service for the former democratic senator george mcgovern is being held in south dakota later today. he died last weekend at the age of 90. we will have a prayer service, and tomorrow, the funeral service will begin in the afternoon. the group of political analysts spoke this morning in washington. if they agreed ohio is a must- win state for both presidential candidates. they also talked
. >> president obama held a campaign rally today in richmond va.. he spoke about the senate candidate richard murdock's comments. >> i think we have seen again this week, i don't think any male politician should be making health-care decisions for women. think your boss or your insurance company should be making those decisions for you either. i believe that women are capable and should make their own health care decisions for themselves. that is why the health care law we passed...
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guest: the usual weekly cash payout is about $300 a week. sometimes it can vary. in mississippi i want to say it is closer to do hundred dollars. host: how are the programs usually bonded? guest: there funded by payroll taxes. the state administers the programs and the money goes to the unemployed. host: talk about what qualifications people have to meet in order to apply. guest: generally you have to have basically a year of earnings. the earnings have to be a certain threshold. you have to have been let go from a job. it is not like you can just wore mauve and a cloud of anger and qualify for benefits. if you have been working at the mill 14 years, and lose your job and a layoff, it is pretty easy to get benefits. host: we have some of those qualifications a person must meet on the screen there. for people who have lost the job of no fault of their own, explain what that means. guest: you have to be laid off, and there is a difference between being laid off, fired, or let go for economic reasons, corporate downsizing. it is not like you cannot get unemployment b
guest: the usual weekly cash payout is about $300 a week. sometimes it can vary. in mississippi i want to say it is closer to do hundred dollars. host: how are the programs usually bonded? guest: there funded by payroll taxes. the state administers the programs and the money goes to the unemployed. host: talk about what qualifications people have to meet in order to apply. guest: generally you have to have basically a year of earnings. the earnings have to be a certain threshold. you have to...
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ahead of next week's election. tomorrow night watching live coverage as rylan is democrat faces off against mr. darby. president obama getting back on the trail tomorrow with appearances in green bay and las vegas and in colorado this morning. just a short while ago the president leaving the white house for new jersey. you will be visiting new jersey touring areas impacted by hurricane sandy and meeting with new jersey gov. chris christie on the campaign trail on the republican side, mitt romney, three stops today. including jacksonville, with jeb bush. we have that live for you at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. head of that, joe biden who is campaigning today throughout florida. three stops including one at 3:00 p.m. eastern. we will have that live at 3:00 p.m.. in ohio, rob apartment and the governor traveling across the state. encouraging early voting there. in ohio. they stop and i part of our live coverage today on c-span. >> let us get the album that document the family during a white house years. and before. p
ahead of next week's election. tomorrow night watching live coverage as rylan is democrat faces off against mr. darby. president obama getting back on the trail tomorrow with appearances in green bay and las vegas and in colorado this morning. just a short while ago the president leaving the white house for new jersey. you will be visiting new jersey touring areas impacted by hurricane sandy and meeting with new jersey gov. chris christie on the campaign trail on the republican side, mitt...
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in his closing arguments just last week, president obama asked his supporters to vote for revenge. [boos] instead, i ask the american people to vote for love of country. [cheers and applause] together, together, we must lead america to a better place. we are one day away from a fresh start and one day away from a new beginning. my conviction is that better days are ahead, and that is not based on promises and hollow rhetoric but on solid plans and proven results, and on an unshakable belief of the greatness of the american spirit. [cheers and applause] if there is anyone worried that the last four years is the best we can do, if there is anyone who feels that the american dream is fading away, if there is anyone wonders that better jobs and better pay checks are a thing of the past, i have a clear and unequivocal message. america will come roaring back. [cheers and applause] [crowd chanting, "mitt, mitt, mitt, mitt!"] the only thing that stands between us and some of the best years we have never imagined is -- ever imagined is lack of leadership. tomorrow is a moment to look into t
in his closing arguments just last week, president obama asked his supporters to vote for revenge. [boos] instead, i ask the american people to vote for love of country. [cheers and applause] together, together, we must lead america to a better place. we are one day away from a fresh start and one day away from a new beginning. my conviction is that better days are ahead, and that is not based on promises and hollow rhetoric but on solid plans and proven results, and on an unshakable belief of...
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our final poll showed obama with 57% and romney with 47%. we had a dead tie a week earlier. the only intervening events at that time was sandy and obama got 70% approval for his handling of the situation. a plurality of romney supporters also approved. i think in the end, it was modest. i don't think it really to hit one way or the other. i think obama had been edging a little bit had prior to the hurricane. the last two debates, not as important as the first debate. never is, but obama had not only stemmed from the's momentum following the first debate but also had developed his own. in the end, it probably helped him. the atmospherics and symbols of chris christie embracing him, but it was on the margins. may have helped in the popular vote in the northeast. we did see a big swing 4 obama elite and northeast. in our final poll, he was ahead even more. >> whenever a president can appear presidential, it's good. >> multiple other things can help him. michael bloomberg's endorsement which technically was not exactly stormed a related, but he said he felt the president would b
our final poll showed obama with 57% and romney with 47%. we had a dead tie a week earlier. the only intervening events at that time was sandy and obama got 70% approval for his handling of the situation. a plurality of romney supporters also approved. i think in the end, it was modest. i don't think it really to hit one way or the other. i think obama had been edging a little bit had prior to the hurricane. the last two debates, not as important as the first debate. never is, but obama had not...
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the associated press reporting that president obama will be the first president to visit cambodia when he travels later this month and he will visit thailand and the trip comes a couple of weeks after the president's reelection. >> time is wasting. thank you for those who have stuck around for the entire day. i will do my very quick thing and introduce moderator who is my colleague from c.q. roll call. she coined the term super pac. >> our panel nell is going to focus on strategy and advocacy, professionals how they're going to deal with the new congress, the lame duck and the challenge that is lie ahead. so i'm going to keep the introductions brief and have a few questions and open it up to you guys. we have a very distinguished panel here. we have rich gold. he leads the public policy and regulation practice group. he focuses on legitimate live and environmental law. steve also had a varied background in political and public policy fields. he is the former senior advice tor to house leader. >> mark is another seasoned campaign policy and legitimate live strategist. he continues to be
the associated press reporting that president obama will be the first president to visit cambodia when he travels later this month and he will visit thailand and the trip comes a couple of weeks after the president's reelection. >> time is wasting. thank you for those who have stuck around for the entire day. i will do my very quick thing and introduce moderator who is my colleague from c.q. roll call. she coined the term super pac. >> our panel nell is going to focus on strategy...
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. >> as you know, earlier this >> as you know, earlier this week, president obama delivered his fourth annual address to congress. it was an opportunity for the president to talk about his accomplishments over the last three years and to lay out his plans for the year ahead. and he missed on both counts. you didn't hear much talk about the success of his administrationand that's because there isn't much. yes, this president inherited a significant national debt, but over the last three years he's made it worse. our national debt has grown by nearly 50% since he took over, and now, for the first time since world war ii, our national debt is larger than our country's economy. yes, this president inherited an economy where unemployment was too high, but over the last three years he's made it worse. today our unemployment rate is higher than the day he took office. in fact, since he took over, it's been stuck over 8% every single month. this president didn't talk about his record for one simple reason; he doesn't want you to know about it. but you do know about it, because you feel the fai
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this is a big risk for president obama. he had to show that he was a leader, minimize damage, look like he was an in get -- look like he was engaged, and by the way, there was an election in a week. he was on the phone with governors and mayors all up and down the eastern seaboard. chris christie, the governor of new jersey, his state was hardest hit. he had made some very favorable comments. over the last couple of months they made some really favorable comments. so, here is a moment in which a president can show great leadership, an opportunity to demonstrate the power of the white house or incumbency, or he can screw it up and bought everything, losing the election because of it. he is probably tilting towards the leadership right now. there have not been any serious critiques of the obama handling of the storm in the aftermath. what is mitt romney to do? he is in this middle place, where there is no role for an opposition candidate. no accepted script for what one of these candidates is supposed to do when one of these
this is a big risk for president obama. he had to show that he was a leader, minimize damage, look like he was an in get -- look like he was engaged, and by the way, there was an election in a week. he was on the phone with governors and mayors all up and down the eastern seaboard. chris christie, the governor of new jersey, his state was hardest hit. he had made some very favorable comments. over the last couple of months they made some really favorable comments. so, here is a moment in which...
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obama will rally in florida next week. a governor once considered to be a vice-presidential candidate for the republicans, chris christie of new jersey, will be campaigning for met romney in richmond, virginia. we'll have that live for you this afternoon at 4:45 eastern. tonight, a texas and a debate between republican said crews and democrat paul sadler for the open seat vacated by paul -- bailey hutchison. that debate is from dallas live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we will bring in some archival presidential debates from past years going back to 2000 for first. george w. bush and john kerry. all that will come up tomorrow here on c-span. >> to be honest with you, i love these debates. these things are great. i think it is interesting that the president still does not have an agenda for a second term. don't you think it is time for him to put together a vision of what he would do in the next four years if he were elected? it's got to come up with that over this week and because there is only one debate left on monday. >> lead 3
obama will rally in florida next week. a governor once considered to be a vice-presidential candidate for the republicans, chris christie of new jersey, will be campaigning for met romney in richmond, virginia. we'll have that live for you this afternoon at 4:45 eastern. tonight, a texas and a debate between republican said crews and democrat paul sadler for the open seat vacated by paul -- bailey hutchison. that debate is from dallas live at 8:00 p.m. eastern. we will bring in some archival...
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and behalf of everyone here at wptv news channel 5, wishing you the very best. >> with less than two weeks to election day, follow the key races on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. three in a row this evening, beginning with sherrod brown and josh mandel, mr. -- mandel. endicott tonight, steve -- at 8:00 tonight, steve king and miss tom vilsack. at 9:00 eastern, new mexico's first district, with the challenge from heather wilson, we defeated for the seat in 2009. the candidates are vying for the senate seat left open by retiring democrat jeff bingaman. coming up in just about one hour, we will take you live to richmond, virginia. president obama, the second of three campaign stops today. the campaign picked up the endorsement of former secretary of state:paul. we will be live with the president here on c-span. >> this is the downsizing of detroit. you are watching it live. one of 10,000 homes they are trying to get done in the next four years, as they have seen houses that are never coming back. these top houses are not coming back because there's nobody to live in them. >> not right n
and behalf of everyone here at wptv news channel 5, wishing you the very best. >> with less than two weeks to election day, follow the key races on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. three in a row this evening, beginning with sherrod brown and josh mandel, mr. -- mandel. endicott tonight, steve -- at 8:00 tonight, steve king and miss tom vilsack. at 9:00 eastern, new mexico's first district, with the challenge from heather wilson, we defeated for the seat in 2009. the candidates are...
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the results were flat from a week prior. both results were within the margin of error. another poll showed romney leading obama. the president's campaign was underserved by new numbers. this showed the running lead twiddling to three points. romney outpaces the president among all likely voters. the gap has closed significantly since last sunday. i want to take the two maps in their "the new york times" today. hours. on tuesday and wbined 11 citiesn six states covering more than 3,000 miles each. the president started in florida into ohio, nevada, denver, colorado, out to los angeles for an appearance on "the tonight show" last night. the president traveling again back in that crucial swing state of ohio. mittomney's camp alsgoing to ohio, out to nevada in rena and also to colorado. we will be tracking all those movements today. we want to know which issue is driving your vote. we will start on the democratic line. robert, what is driving your vote? caller: the republicans made the statement that they refuse to work with thisresident and they were going to see that he w
the results were flat from a week prior. both results were within the margin of error. another poll showed romney leading obama. the president's campaign was underserved by new numbers. this showed the running lead twiddling to three points. romney outpaces the president among all likely voters. the gap has closed significantly since last sunday. i want to take the two maps in their "the new york times" today. hours. on tuesday and wbined 11 citiesn six states covering more than 3,000...
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host: president obama from earlier today, his first formal remarks since winning the election on tuesday night, talking about the fiscal cliff, saying he has invited congressional leaders to the white house next week to start up talks broadway. this address by the president follows a news conference from john boehner who did take questions from reporters earlier today. in that news conference, the speaker saying he would like to see some short some sort of short term deal on expiring tax cuts from the bush era that would bring them to 2013. he thinks that this lame duck congress should not do big things, it should be left to the 113th congress which will convene in january. here is the headline from "the new york times" and what they have to say. boehner several each other. they know the congressional budget office on thursday put out a report going to the dilemma that the two sides face. if automatic spending cuts go into force and all the bush-era tax cuts expire, the nation would slip into recession next year, and an opponent would rise to 9.1%. they say simply canceling this deficit
host: president obama from earlier today, his first formal remarks since winning the election on tuesday night, talking about the fiscal cliff, saying he has invited congressional leaders to the white house next week to start up talks broadway. this address by the president follows a news conference from john boehner who did take questions from reporters earlier today. in that news conference, the speaker saying he would like to see some short some sort of short term deal on expiring tax cuts...
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for a couple of weeks, it really did jumble the race. i think that was the one open eight romney had. >> i talked about the campaign 101 and one thing that was never clear, why romney, not obama? in terms of the need to talk to people, looking back into 2004 and president bush talking to hispanics, when our party does talk to hispanics, it works. there are lots of great examples. in speaking about 2016, one person i have a bias toward is a body jindal. he can articulate our conservative values and put them into practice. he put them and to practice in getting things done. i do think there is a great future and a lot of great leaders in the republican party who can articulate conservative policies. >> we have a terrific second panel coming up, but before we go to that, i see some of our speakers here. i want to ask if there were some standouts in terms of personalities or players in this race? i was very struck that cnn found its groove with john kean and the message board. if you were looking for any race, anywhere, you could find the in
for a couple of weeks, it really did jumble the race. i think that was the one open eight romney had. >> i talked about the campaign 101 and one thing that was never clear, why romney, not obama? in terms of the need to talk to people, looking back into 2004 and president bush talking to hispanics, when our party does talk to hispanics, it works. there are lots of great examples. in speaking about 2016, one person i have a bias toward is a body jindal. he can articulate our conservative...
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they put obama over the top here. in the maine senate race, the winner is and is kaine, an end -- angus king, and independent. he said he is coming to washington next week. there is an orientation and he plans to talk to both leaders about who he would caucus with. senate majority leader harry reid has already made a courtesy call to him. all results can be found at our website c-span.org. host: speaking of majority leader harry reid, he will be holding a press conference in about 10 minutes. we will bring you live coverage of that. and speaker vader as well at 3:30 p.m. -- speaker boehner as well as 3:30 p.m. we will bring that life as well. i want to show you more new house members coming in. the democrat from nevada. jerry in maryland on the democrat's line. good morning to you. caller: good morning. i would like to thank c-span for all of the coverage. you really do give a dispassionate view, just the facts. make up your own decision. i hope -- i hope they increase your budget 5% more because it really kept me inf
they put obama over the top here. in the maine senate race, the winner is and is kaine, an end -- angus king, and independent. he said he is coming to washington next week. there is an orientation and he plans to talk to both leaders about who he would caucus with. senate majority leader harry reid has already made a courtesy call to him. all results can be found at our website c-span.org. host: speaking of majority leader harry reid, he will be holding a press conference in about 10 minutes....
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one of them, it kind of summed up the meeting and had in beijing one week ago. you start -- talking about china, arian harassing men. he said something in chinese, the translator said america and china are not rivals. i thought that that was interesting. he stopped the translator it said -- we are rivals, i did not say we were not, but we are on the same side. he captured something important there. the way you need to think about china is this way. it is a huge country, the world's most populous. it is trying to change at a rate and on a scale that the world has never seen before. that is a very hard thing to do. i think we need to think about china in two ways. to extent, they want what most countries want, a country that is prosperous in the world, and that would be good for china buffs in the world, no matter the problem that you care about, climate change, proliferation, resource competition, we cannot solve those without china and the united states. in the sense that their ninth two deferred to their neighbors and compromise their interests, to the extent t
one of them, it kind of summed up the meeting and had in beijing one week ago. you start -- talking about china, arian harassing men. he said something in chinese, the translator said america and china are not rivals. i thought that that was interesting. he stopped the translator it said -- we are rivals, i did not say we were not, but we are on the same side. he captured something important there. the way you need to think about china is this way. it is a huge country, the world's most...
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host: obama games shares his opinion on twitter -- he says obama is glue is. can the presidency and what his experience was. our final american universities do it now. joining us from american university. go ahead. caller: good morning. at the beginning of the show you talked about obama is bipartisan effort and what members of congress will try to do to make progress. what out of like to know is what do you think they will be able to get done, or will it does be more deadlock? think there is a very large chance we get a lot of gridlock. i know which is frustrates people. a lot of people want them to get something done. if you look at what people want, conservatives want one thing, locals want -- conservatives want something else. i am not sure -- someone will lose tomorrow. the losers might take a little while to regroup and figure out where they're going to go. i almost tend to think we will not get anything done until it is absolutely necessary. the government will shut down, then they can get something done. host: think you to american university for talki
host: obama games shares his opinion on twitter -- he says obama is glue is. can the presidency and what his experience was. our final american universities do it now. joining us from american university. go ahead. caller: good morning. at the beginning of the show you talked about obama is bipartisan effort and what members of congress will try to do to make progress. what out of like to know is what do you think they will be able to get done, or will it does be more deadlock? think there is a...
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within two weeks he is running an ad in the state saying that president obama made the companies go bankrupt, is now gave the industry the italians who are selling it to the chinese. whoa. bless me, father, for i have sinned. what are you talking about. i have never seen anything like that. it is an absolutely patently false assertion. it is such an outrageous assertion one of the few times in my memory and major american corporation, chrysler, has felt obliged to go public and say that is the truth in this. they said jeep has no intention of selling out to china. chrysler corp., which is highly unusual, said and done a careful and unbiased reading would have saved unnecessary fantasies and extravagant comments. ladies and gentlemen, have they no shame? romney will say anything, absolutely anything to win it, it seems. but he cannot run from the truth. he said in an article entitled that he wrote, "let the try to go bankrupt." only the head of bain capital could think of liquidating an industry as the same thing as saving it. that is what he did at bain capital. look, we did not take governo
within two weeks he is running an ad in the state saying that president obama made the companies go bankrupt, is now gave the industry the italians who are selling it to the chinese. whoa. bless me, father, for i have sinned. what are you talking about. i have never seen anything like that. it is an absolutely patently false assertion. it is such an outrageous assertion one of the few times in my memory and major american corporation, chrysler, has felt obliged to go public and say that is the...
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proposal that was released earlier this week. president obama is at 9:00 eastern and then speaker boehner. at the museum today, florida senator marco rubio sat down with michaelen of "politico." he answered questions about the fiscal cliff. republican outreach to hispanic voters and a potential campaign for president. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. you had a late night. >> not really. >> is bob still here? what would you like to ask senator rubio? [laughter] >> are you still doing this? >> ask him a real question. this is a great chance. >> last night you talked about a new direction for the republican party. and one of the things that you talked about is education. and how to make higher education cheaper, how to reform pell grants. what will be the number one thing that you would do, that you can do as a freshman minority senator? >> well, i don't think there is a number one thing. i think there's a number of number one things, you have to do them all. the biggest obstacle we face as a 21st century doesn
proposal that was released earlier this week. president obama is at 9:00 eastern and then speaker boehner. at the museum today, florida senator marco rubio sat down with michaelen of "politico." he answered questions about the fiscal cliff. republican outreach to hispanic voters and a potential campaign for president. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. you had a late night. >> not really. >> is bob still here? what would you like to ask senator...
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so let me -- let me call it an act of terror -- obama: can you say that a little louder, candy? crowley: he -- he did call it an act of terror. it did as well take -- it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. you are correct about that. romney: this -- the administration -- the administration indicated this was a reaction to a video and was a spontaneous reaction. crowley: it did. romney: it took them a long time to say this was a terrorist act by a terrorist group. and to suggest -- am i incorrect in that regard, on sunday, the -- your secretary -- obama: candy? romney: excuse me. the ambassador of the united nations went on the sunday television shows and spoke about how -- obama: candy, i'm -- romney: -- this was a spontaneous -- crowley: mr. president, let me -- obama: i'm happy to have a longer conversation -- crowley: i know you -- obama: -- about foreign policy. crowley: absolutely. but i want to -- i want to move you on and also -- obama: ok. i'm happy to do that, too. crowley: -- the transcripts and
so let me -- let me call it an act of terror -- obama: can you say that a little louder, candy? crowley: he -- he did call it an act of terror. it did as well take -- it did as well take two weeks or so for the whole idea there being a riot out there about this tape to come out. you are correct about that. romney: this -- the administration -- the administration indicated this was a reaction to a video and was a spontaneous reaction. crowley: it did. romney: it took them a long time to say this...
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the supreme court this week with the assent of the obama administration, remanded that case back to the appeals court to say, you should hear these other two issues. it's not clear yet -- i believe it goes back to the same panel of three judges. on the fourth circuit, right. who made pretty clear in their decision that they are probably not going to go the liberty university's way. that's not entirely clear. that case is going back to the fourth circuit. there is a case in oklahoma, again, this was also originally one of those states that sued over this individual mandate, but they were able to change their argument. so that case also lives. this is a whole new argument. they are saying that there is a glitch in the way the law was written that the subsidies, if you go into these health exchanges, the new marketplaces, you can get subsidies if you have income under a certain -- 400% of poverty. and they are saying that the law was written so the subsidies are only available in the exchanges that are actually run by the states. remember, the states have a choice. they can run their own e
the supreme court this week with the assent of the obama administration, remanded that case back to the appeals court to say, you should hear these other two issues. it's not clear yet -- i believe it goes back to the same panel of three judges. on the fourth circuit, right. who made pretty clear in their decision that they are probably not going to go the liberty university's way. that's not entirely clear. that case is going back to the fourth circuit. there is a case in oklahoma, again, this...
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just a few weeks ago governor chris christi and randy wine gartner appeared on "morning joe" to talk about the new teacher contract in newark. if he wasn't in enough trouble for embracing president obama, being nice to randy on "morning joe" will get tempers to flair -- flare. i know there is a big back story here, but the truth is the newark contract is a pretty good contract. i'd say a very good contract from an accountability perspective. they said over and over it how the election told them that voters don't care so much about the labels as they do about solving problems. and when all parties lay down their swords and take up collaboration, a lot can get done. i would argue that while there are clearly still strong rejectionist voices in unions, national union leadership has come a fair distance in recognizing the teacher effectiveness matters and evaluation systems need to include student outcomes. the shear reality of demographics within unions is changing, too. you should keep that in mind. it will be -- be a strong force, i think, for reforming the status quo. the majority of
just a few weeks ago governor chris christi and randy wine gartner appeared on "morning joe" to talk about the new teacher contract in newark. if he wasn't in enough trouble for embracing president obama, being nice to randy on "morning joe" will get tempers to flair -- flare. i know there is a big back story here, but the truth is the newark contract is a pretty good contract. i'd say a very good contract from an accountability perspective. they said over and over it how...
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we will see what kind of "margin call, obama has here. host: voting systems in your state, how do you vote? guest: i voted two weeks ago. we have early voting and starts three weeks before the election. you can vote early. about one-third of the total votes cast will be cast before election day. a lot of the stuff that's happening right now in terms of trying to influence voters is wasted, because a lot of people have already voted. you can vote in your present before the election and then we have -- we vote in precincts across the state in every corner of the state by machine. host: if there were any issues and a recount was necessary, how does that work in iowa? guest: we do have a procedure for a recount. if an election is within 2 percentage points, it's an automatic recount. you can petition for a recount if it if it is a little larger than that. so there's a possibility of a recount. we have never had that and it's never decided an election, but there are procedures in place to have a recount. we anticipate this election will be clo
we will see what kind of "margin call, obama has here. host: voting systems in your state, how do you vote? guest: i voted two weeks ago. we have early voting and starts three weeks before the election. you can vote early. about one-third of the total votes cast will be cast before election day. a lot of the stuff that's happening right now in terms of trying to influence voters is wasted, because a lot of people have already voted. you can vote in your present before the election and then...
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eight of nine surveys are the past week and a crucial ohio give obama a narrow edge. and we will be focusing on a violator in today's "washington journal." and our swing state series. we want to hear from voters and not-swing states. we want to hear how the election is playing out how you are. and this from the baltimore sun, charging more the candidates will go in the next couple days. ting where the candidates will go in the next couple days. again, the candidates focusing all of their attention in the days leading up to election day on as swing states. we will go to david and the kentucky on the democratic line. tell us a little bit about how the campaign is playing out in the kentucky, one of the non- swing states. caller: it is mostly just romney signs of here, not many obama signs. i think you will landslide ky. the polls show that. and i hate to say it, but even the preachers are preaching against obama and the pulpit. host: are you motivated to got to the polls? caller: yes. i am going to vote, but i think romney will win it. host: are they talking about issue
eight of nine surveys are the past week and a crucial ohio give obama a narrow edge. and we will be focusing on a violator in today's "washington journal." and our swing state series. we want to hear from voters and not-swing states. we want to hear how the election is playing out how you are. and this from the baltimore sun, charging more the candidates will go in the next couple days. ting where the candidates will go in the next couple days. again, the candidates focusing all of...
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their whole idea is we emerge with this right after the election, but my guess is within a week we will see obama trying to lay the groundwork for making this happen. >> you mentioned the gang of 40 and the gang of eight. --se are key to t zeropo >> the gang of eight is an expanded version of the gang of six. am i like the gang of three. >> who? >> tom coburn, saxby chambliss, we have kent conrad, who is still there, and dick durbin, and mark warner, and they have added another democrat who i will think of before we're done here. michael bennett. they have been working with a total of 40 senators, 20 on each side, who have been participating on and off to pull all this together. the framework is the same framework that we have had from all of these groups. it is a total of $4 trillion in debt reduction over 10 years, somewhere between $1 trillion and $1.30 trillion the coming of the revenue side, and then a balance of defense, discretionary, domestic, and entitlements. probably including, as we saw the negotiations with boehner and obama, social security in the next, although you had a
their whole idea is we emerge with this right after the election, but my guess is within a week we will see obama trying to lay the groundwork for making this happen. >> you mentioned the gang of 40 and the gang of eight. --se are key to t zeropo >> the gang of eight is an expanded version of the gang of six. am i like the gang of three. >> who? >> tom coburn, saxby chambliss, we have kent conrad, who is still there, and dick durbin, and mark warner, and they have added...
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in the coming weeks, all of us must work with president obama, senator feinstein, congresswoman carolyn mccarthy, congressman bobby scott and all of our colleagues to be brave and to be bold enough to pass measures that ensure gun safety and the comprehensive solutions to ensure that our children have a future in a peaceful nation. madam speaker, we can and we must do all of these things and more so that we can prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. on behalf of all of my constituents, let me express once again our thoughts and our prayers for all knows impacted by this tragedy in newtown and the entire state of connecticut. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio for five minutes. >> thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker it is with great sorrow that i rise to address the senseless murders that took place in newtown, connecticut, this past friday. ms. fudge: mass shootings are always difficult to bear. this is one is exceptionally disturbing due to
in the coming weeks, all of us must work with president obama, senator feinstein, congresswoman carolyn mccarthy, congressman bobby scott and all of our colleagues to be brave and to be bold enough to pass measures that ensure gun safety and the comprehensive solutions to ensure that our children have a future in a peaceful nation. madam speaker, we can and we must do all of these things and more so that we can prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. on behalf of all of my...
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we've got to get it done in two weeks. ladies and gentlemen, i met this man when he came to fort myers, and i have gotten to know barack obama. this is a man with a great part, a man with -- a great heart, a man with grace, a man with a cool head, a man who understands people. he is the man we need to stay and get four more years. barack obama. get it done. thank you. [applause] >> again, the president is expected here at the delray beach tennis center, kicking up a tour of six battleground states -- kicking off a tour of 6 ben brown states. he will stop this afternoon in this-- off a tour of 6 battleground states. he will stop this afternoon in ohio. there'll be live coverage on c- span at 3;15. -- 3:15. and mitt romney and paul ryan will be in colorado, with live. john c-span2 -- with live coverage on c-span2. >> i think there were clear differences in approach, especially when it comes to israel, when it comes to national security and the budget, the records and arbitrary budget cuts that president obama's is proposing
we've got to get it done in two weeks. ladies and gentlemen, i met this man when he came to fort myers, and i have gotten to know barack obama. this is a man with a great part, a man with -- a great heart, a man with grace, a man with a cool head, a man who understands people. he is the man we need to stay and get four more years. barack obama. get it done. thank you. [applause] >> again, the president is expected here at the delray beach tennis center, kicking up a tour of six...
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tomorrow night, the debate is happening three weeks before the elections. we will have a preview at 7:00. the debate is at 9:00, followed by your phone calls. all this on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. the canada institute -- part of the $1.20 trillion in cuts congress approved as part of last year's agreement to raise the debt ceiling. in this discussion, we will hear from the wall street journal editorial writer and an economist with george mason university. >> good afternoon. >> the budget control act passed by congress directs that on january 2, 2013, the obama administration must cut the defense budget by at least $55 billion and the same amount for domestic discretionary spending. the prospect of such reductions has led to assertions that they will damage the economy and increase unemployment. for example, earlier this year, senator carl levin expressed his belief that the uncertainty created by the specter of sequestration was a real threat to the economy. meanwhile, some people who see excessive government spending as a source of the stress,
tomorrow night, the debate is happening three weeks before the elections. we will have a preview at 7:00. the debate is at 9:00, followed by your phone calls. all this on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. the canada institute -- part of the $1.20 trillion in cuts congress approved as part of last year's agreement to raise the debt ceiling. in this discussion, we will hear from the wall street journal editorial writer and an economist with george mason university. >> good afternoon....
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so inadequate and why the obama administration offered to shift public response. here's what president obama had to say. this is his press conference in the white house. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interest in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. as i have said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them. but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador who had nothing to do with benghazi and was simply making a presentation based on intelligence that she had received and besmirch her reputation is outrageous. host: president obama at a press conference. yesterday the ambassador he was talking about is susan rice, ambassador to the u.n. here's an image of her in the "washington times." a
so inadequate and why the obama administration offered to shift public response. here's what president obama had to say. this is his press conference in the white house. >> let me say specifically about susan rice, she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interest in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. as i have said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house in which she gave her best...
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president obama was expected to make remarks within the hour. we plan to take his comments and have it for you later. a look at some of our other coverage later today, here on c- span at 8:00 we will be a discussion on the future of the news industry. c-span2 will give you a panel of younger ceos discussing the practice of crowd sourcing, tester bidding cash to help regular folks distribute products without the need of a physical plant. and on c-span3, the debate on poverty in america and the role of government. we will hear from joe byham's former chief economic adviser -- biden's former chief economic advisor. all of that starting at 8:00 eastern tonight. and now an update on hurricane sandy federal relief efforts. >> you may disconnect at this time. i will turn over the meeting to mr. lars anderson, director of public affairs. >> thank you for joining us. we're going to have three speakers on the call today, craig, and robert parker from the coast guard. each speaker is going to give opening remarks and then we will turn to q&a. we are going
president obama was expected to make remarks within the hour. we plan to take his comments and have it for you later. a look at some of our other coverage later today, here on c- span at 8:00 we will be a discussion on the future of the news industry. c-span2 will give you a panel of younger ceos discussing the practice of crowd sourcing, tester bidding cash to help regular folks distribute products without the need of a physical plant. and on c-span3, the debate on poverty in america and the...
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make him a week and then overtake him. the laws of this is called into the argument about what is good for america. there is not a whole lot of policy description. >> thank you. it was very good to talk to you. robert draper. please buy his book. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> every house seat, but third of the senate ends governorships are on the line today. topics range from gay marriage to casinos. for more on what the outlook of the senate is, we talked to a reporter following the races. >> just that keeps track of house and senate races. let's talk about the big picture. what are we looking at? >> if we looked at our ratings a year or six months ago, it was a very different picture. democrats were defending twice as many seats. it felt like they had a good chance to get the four or three seats they needed to flip that. there were a couple of things that really shifted the way we're looking at the senate now. i thi
make him a week and then overtake him. the laws of this is called into the argument about what is good for america. there is not a whole lot of policy description. >> thank you. it was very good to talk to you. robert draper. please buy his book. thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> every house seat, but third of the senate ends governorships are on the line today. topics range from...
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over 70 percent -- 77% to thousand eight and barack obama received 54% of the vote. what it means to us as we are doing everything we can to get out the vote. we have five days left. we're working on it for weeks, if not months. we have tremendous resources in as well. loudoun and the rest of the commonwealth. i think we have a superior ground game, a superior and help re-elect the president of the ninth of state and re-elect governor tim kaine as yanez state senator. host: in "the washington post" is this article -- ground game has gone into hyperdrive in virginia. guest: the democrats in virginia and obama campaign has been doing this for months. they decided early to contest virginia. in fact, the president's spring for spending so much money friends end on the campaign. i think it was the right expenditure. we are just inundated right now, saturated by television ads. but that is an air warw. ars our won on the ground and that those where the obama whether southwest or in swing county loudoun -- we have officers, offices, volunteers, every weekend we have a lot o
over 70 percent -- 77% to thousand eight and barack obama received 54% of the vote. what it means to us as we are doing everything we can to get out the vote. we have five days left. we're working on it for weeks, if not months. we have tremendous resources in as well. loudoun and the rest of the commonwealth. i think we have a superior ground game, a superior and help re-elect the president of the ninth of state and re-elect governor tim kaine as yanez state senator. host: in "the...
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over half of the recent college graduates can i get a job in president obama's economy. one reason is policies like the president's health care locket it makes our economy worse by making it harder for small businesses to hire more workers the president claims to be leading us ford, but he has stuck. instead of working with the republicans to restore the economy, the president is ignoring the tough truces and trying to distract from the real issues. when the house recently passed legislation to prevent student loan rich from dublin, the president claimed that, by targeting an obama-care slush fund, the republicans were slashing support for women's health. independent news organizations quickly debunked these allegations. what's more, the president has twice cut money from this very same slush fund. most recently, in his own budget. this is just further proof that he is politicizing this issue to distract the american people. the challenges that young men and women face in this country need to be addressed, not exploited for political gains pared like any mother, i want t
over half of the recent college graduates can i get a job in president obama's economy. one reason is policies like the president's health care locket it makes our economy worse by making it harder for small businesses to hire more workers the president claims to be leading us ford, but he has stuck. instead of working with the republicans to restore the economy, the president is ignoring the tough truces and trying to distract from the real issues. when the house recently passed legislation to...
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it does not seem like it was part of a broader argument that, either over the course of that week in tampa or since then, that the obama campaign -- >> do think they took it as the reason to have a broader argument on their own? >> i think they did. they have been getting ready to run against the ryan plan before we had any idea that he was near romney's short list. as charles was saying, the number of money spent trying to define romney was this very well planned, a deliberate effort during the summer to attack ronny's role at bain capital, his job creation record as governor of massachusetts and his personal finances and investments overseas. there's a gradual effort that has built a story that in the heart of his strength which was stipulated. basically, the argument might be good -- he might be good at being a shareholder, but he was not good for america and the workers. his success either is irrelevant your well-being or was predatory. it doesn't matter. i, as long as it's ambiguous enough to not put your confidence in him, we're fine. >> in fairness to ronny, ted kennedy never
it does not seem like it was part of a broader argument that, either over the course of that week in tampa or since then, that the obama campaign -- >> do think they took it as the reason to have a broader argument on their own? >> i think they did. they have been getting ready to run against the ryan plan before we had any idea that he was near romney's short list. as charles was saying, the number of money spent trying to define romney was this very well planned, a deliberate...
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i guarantee you, in a week's time in atlanta, you afghanistan. guest: i do not think you have to choose between them. president obama has been eloquent and passionate about this arguing that being strong go together. you need to -- we need to develop the american economy, restore american society, and fix american institutions. but that cannot come at the expense of trying to maintain our proper place in the world. i believe this is not a trade- off. a more stable and prosperous world is a better place for america to exist. host: a couple more minutes left with marc lynch, the author of "the arab uprising." we have sandy on the line. sandy is an independent from charlotte, north carolina. caller: it is my understanding the u.s., the cia with israel has set up operations in tel aviv to set up the arab spring for citizens to protest against their own government. it comes down to a natural resource war with the agenda of gaining control of gainingthe bush family has owned private oil field in iraq. the whole thing is shameful. you are nothing but a
i guarantee you, in a week's time in atlanta, you afghanistan. guest: i do not think you have to choose between them. president obama has been eloquent and passionate about this arguing that being strong go together. you need to -- we need to develop the american economy, restore american society, and fix american institutions. but that cannot come at the expense of trying to maintain our proper place in the world. i believe this is not a trade- off. a more stable and prosperous world is a...